Indigenous Foundation Models – EKA-1 by Soket and Dhīr 2B & Dhīr 5B by ZenteiQ

About Indigenous Foundation Models – EKA-1 by Soket and Dhīr 2B & Dhīr 5B by ZenteiQ

• The IndiaAI Mission released the indigenous foundation models EKA-1 and Dhīr (Dhīr 2B & Dhīr 5B).
• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
• About Models EKA-1:
  • It has been built as an open, sparse hybrid language model.
  • Developed by: It is developed by Soket Labs Technology and Research Private Limited.
  • Features:
    • It a powerful Foundation Model featuring 26.3 billion parameters and trained on approximately 7.5 trillion tokens.
    • It demonstrates advanced capabilities, spanning all 22 scheduled Indian languages alongside English.
    • It is designed for math, code, reasoning, and agentic use.
  • Application: It is an advanced AI model specifically tailored to India’s unique banking, financial services and cybersecurity landscape.
    • It is designed to address sector-specific requirements, understand India’s evolving digital ecosystem, and deliver solutions aligned with the country’s needs and priorities.”
• About Dhīr (Dhīr 2B & Dhīr 5B):
  • It is an open-source models.
  • Developed by: It is developed by ZenteiQ AiTech Innovations.
  • Features: These models can be deployed as secure, on-premise, multilingual assistants supporting English and 10 Indian languages.
    • It offer the flexibility to run across different computing platforms, including GPUs and TPUs.
    • Their lightweight architecture also enables on-device deployment on mobile phones, without dependence on cloud connectivity.
    • This allows users to access AI capabilities locally while keeping data on their devices, enhancing privacy, security and accessibility.
  • Application: It enable offline-capable, document-grounded automation, knowledge retrieval, and citizen or enterprise services across defence, government, industrial, and educational sectors particularly in low-connectivity or sensitive environments.